Product key replacement

How do I get a product key replacement? For some reason XP won't take the
key i have for the disk and i don't have the original key package. Anyone
help please???
thanks
Princess

Buy a brand new, boxed, retail version of WinXP.

Viperbabe wrote:
> How do I get a product key replacement? For some reason XP won't take the
> key i have for the disk and i don't have the original key package. Anyone
> help please???
> thanks
> Princess

Would that be the cheapest route? Would a replacement product key cost just
as much?

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> Buy a brand new, boxed, retail version of WinXP.
>
> Viperbabe wrote:
> > How do I get a product key replacement? For some reason XP won't take the
> > key i have for the disk and i don't have the original key package. Anyone
> > help please???
> > thanks
> > Princess
>
>

"Viperbabe" <Viperbabe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5DA45D23-709D-4CB2-BF4A-E269CC4F4A5D@microsoft.com...
> How do I get a product key replacement? For some reason XP won't take the
> key i have for the disk and i don't have the original key package. Anyone
> help please???
> thanks
> Princess

If your key is genuine and has not been used for a machine other than for
your own then you need to find a matching CD, e.g. Windows XP
Home/Professional, Retail/OEM edition. You can copy a friend's CD. It is not
possible to tell from the key what product it refers to. After resolving
this issue, pay attention to the big-letter note on the CD case: "Do not
lose this key". Since a new licence costs a lot of money, you'd be wise to
register it (together with all other licences) in a spreadsheet which you
print out. This would save you a lot of grief.

If the version of XP is a retail version you can contact Microsoft to see if
they can help . Take this link and scroll down to the section on Replacement
Product Keys http://support.microsoft.com/default...B;en-us;326246

However if your version is an OEM version then Microsoft cannot help you as
OEM versions are the responsibility of the manufacturer of the hardware it
came with.


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Xandros


"Viperbabe" <Viperbabe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4BD23AA7-88A8-4862-B476-8573F09251CF@microsoft.com...
> Would that be the cheapest route? Would a replacement product key cost
> just
> as much?
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Buy a brand new, boxed, retail version of WinXP.
>>
>> Viperbabe wrote:
>> > How do I get a product key replacement? For some reason XP won't take
>> > the
>> > key i have for the disk and i don't have the original key package.
>> > Anyone
>> > help please???
>> > thanks
>> > Princess
>>
>>

=?Utf-8?B?VmlwZXJiYWJl?= wrote:
>
> How do I get a product key replacement? For some reason XP won't take the
> key i have for the disk and i don't have the original key package. Anyone

http://www.bootdisk.com/housecall/0037.htm#1

PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
>
> Buy a brand new, boxed, retail version of WinXP.

Want to run an MS OS? Then yes, do the retail version. Easy as pie.

> > How do I get a product key replacement? For some reason XP won't take the
> > key i have for the disk and i don't have the original key package. Anyone

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